Control: tag -1 wontfix
On Sat, 2013-06-22 at 01:13 +0200, Eugenio M. Vigo wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to get rid of the warning, mainly because I don't know whether
> it is of importance or not. My concern is that this didn't happen with
> the 3.2 kernel, so maybe there is a way to avoid installing that
> non-free package.
Yes, there is a way to avoid installing that non-free package: do
nothing.
The kernel didn't previously actively try to load updated CPU microcode,
and now it does. I think this warning is correct behaviour: CPU bugs
can cause data loss, and Debian promises not to hide problems. And your
CPU already runs non-free microcode, so installing the updated microcode
package doesn't become any more dependent on it. As always, you have
the choice whether or not to install non-free software. If you want a
kernel that takes that choice away, there is always linux-libre.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production:
A fail-safe circuit will destroy others.
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